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Washington (CNN)Some staunch Republican donors and activists are acknowledging for the first time that the inquiry into President Donald Trump’s campaign’s ties to Russia is making them nervous — though more about the White House than the party-wide fallout. Russia-related news, he said, “seems to be a lot of he-said, …

Washington (CNN)Republican senators were no closer to a health care deal on Tuesday after the surprise decision to delay the Senate’s summer recess and as a bombshell revelation about Donald Trump Jr. hung over Capitol Hill. Instead, members arrived at a weekly lunch meeting to a chaotic scene where swarms …

Washington (CNN)An FBI spokesman on Monday confirmed that a SWAT team arrested a soldier in Hawaii over the weekend and charged him with supporting ISIS. In a release, the FBI said it had worked closely with the Army in this case. The statement said the investigation by the FBI and …

Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump has no plans to play a larger role in selling the Republican health care bill this week, an administration official told CNN Monday. There are no plans for Trump to travel the country to pitch the bill, the official said.

How did Theresa May go from Supreme Leader to malfunctioning automaton? To mark her first anniversary as PM on Thursday, the Guardians sketch writer John Crace, who coined the term Maybot, charts her robotic rise and fall I christened Theresa May the Maybot At least with me. It seemed to …

Washington (CNN)The White House was caught off-guard by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s suggestion Thursday that Republicans might need to work with Democrats to prop up Obamacare if they fail to pass repeal and replace legislation. One senior White House official said they were “surprised” by McConnell’s comments and said …

(CNN)As many as 15 activists protesting the Senate’s GOP health care bill were arrested Friday at Sen. Rob Portman’s Columbus, Ohio office, according to local law enforcement, following sit-ins at two state offices that spanned more than a day. The two-day protest that started Thursday intensified when activists from ADAPT, …

(CNN)President Donald Trump delivered a battle cry to defend Western civilization on Thursday — but his political vision for the alliance in the West is one that few of its other major leaders would recognize, far less embrace. On the surface, Trump’s speech was exactly the kind of message Europe’s …

(CNN)Rep. Steve Scalise has been readmitted to the intensive care unit “due to new concerns for infection,” a statement from his office said. Scalise, the Republican House majority whip who represents Louisiana, was critically injured when a man shot him during the GOP baseball team’s practice for a charity game …

Warsaw, Poland (CNN)Republican presidents have been drawn to Poland ever since Ronald Reagan worked with Pope John Paul II and the Solidarity movement to help usher in the Eastern European country’s democratic political system. And President Donald Trump, who landed in Poland Wednesday night. Ties to the United States dipped …